James walked around the common room for hours the next morning. He was waiting for Lily, but she had woken up terribly late. At last she came down.
"Hey, Lily!"
"What?" she growled straightening her robe. She was glad that it was Friday and they had a Hogsmeade weekend to look forward too, not to mention Christmas coming up.
"I know that you've said no a lot, but will you go out with me, now?" James asked. He was going to ask about the Christmas Ball later.
"N-" began Lily. Then she had an idea. "Yeah, I will."
"YES! I'll meet you tomorrow at one o'clock to go to Hogsmeade" James said as she walked away. She nodded to show that she had heard him. James quickly ran to tell Sirius, who had been sitting down on the other side of the room listening secretly.
"That's great," he said enthusiastically barely listening to James. He secretly groaned. He had seen Lily's face and knew that she was up to something-and it wasn't homework.
"Hey, Lily!" James said walking towards a waiting Lily in the Entrance Hall the next day.
"Hey, James."
"Look, I've been thinking about where we should go, and I've decided that we should eat in The Four Sisters. It's the best restaurant around," James said.
"Perfect."
They reached the restaurant and ordered their lunch. Lily slipped her wand into her hand under the table. She and James talked but she kept looking around. As their food came, Lily flicked her wand. The waiter instantly tripped and the food fell onto James. The waiter stood up and walked away looking embarrassed. Lily flickered her wand again, before she slid it in her pocket.
"Oh, James. It's such a tragedy that our lunch fell on you," Lily said trying to sound sympathetic but she knew that she just said something cheesy.
"It's okay," James said. He raised his wand to his head and muttered, "Removo." Instead of being removed, the food multiplied. Lily giggled. James tried again with a different spell. "Funtillo." The food rose into the air, and with a shake, fell onto James again. James turned red.
"This is weird. Why doesn't this come off?"
"I don't know," Lily said struggling not to smile. For the first time in his life, James glared at her.
"Get it off," he said slowly,
realizing what she had done.
"Sorry, but next time don't put me on a broomstick or kiss me when I don't know or can't do anything about it." Lily hoped out of her seat. "Tell me when you get it off."
James stared after her. How could she be so mean! True, he did put her on a broomstick, but he did save her when she fell.
'She wouldn't have needed saving if you didn't put her on the broom.' a small voice in his head told him. James sighed. 'If only a brought the invisibility cloak with me.' James took a deep breath and walked back to the castle. Everyone stared at him.
James found Sirius in the common room. Sirius was not allowed to go to Hogsmeade because he had pulled a prank several days before, involving two first years, a bag of spoiled candy, and three snakes. For some reason, he didn't sneak into Hogsmeade, either.
"Hey, James. What happened to you?"
"Lily."
"Lily did that?" Sirius said surprised.
"Yep."
"Wicked." Sirius smiled.
"I think that we just unofficially added another Marauder."
"If she wants to join," Sirius added.
"Oh, she'll want to. Come on, let's go tell Remus."
"Oh, and can you get that off you? You look ridiculous!"
Together the boys went to find their friend, while Lily was in Hogsmeade buying sweets. She was thinking about buying James something because she was giving something to Sirius and Remus. She decided against it, because she didn't want James to think she liked him.
Remus was strolling along the streets of Hogsmeade looking for something to buy for Lily. He wanted to get her something because she was his friend, and he treasured every friend he had.
"Mary!" he called out spotting one of Lily's friends.
"Yes, Remus," she said.
"What do you think Lily would want for Christmas? I want to get her something because she's my friend." Mary thought for a moment.
"Get her cute clothes, milk chocolate, or good books and she'll be happy," Mary said.
"Thanks!" Remus ran off to buy Lily some of Honeydukes chocolate and a good novel. Why hadn't he thought of that?
Meanwhile, Lily was looking longingly at the warmth of the Three Broomsticks. She decided to buy herself a butterbeer. Little did Lily know as she stepped into the warm pub, that her life was about to change forever.
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